Effect of Male Involvement on the Nutritional Status of Children Less Than 5 Years: A Cross Sectional Study in a Rural Southwestern District of Uganda

Table 1

(a) Baseline characteristics of the children

Characteristics	(%)
Median age (IQR), months	28.7 IQR: 20.1–41.1
Gender,
Male	176 (51.6)
Female	168 (48.4)
Length of exclusive breastfeeding (months),
0–3	31 (8.9)
4–6	252 (72.8)
Don’t know	63 (18.2)
Age at complementary feeding (months)
<6	60 (17.3)
6	176 (50.9)
7–9	54 (15.6)
Do not know	56 (16.2)
Pneumonia,	14 (4.1)
Malaria,	78 (22.5)
Diarrhea,	49 (14.2)
Underweight,	51 (14.8)
Wasted,	26 (7.5)
Stunted,	107 (30.9)

child had bilateral edema, not included in analysis. IQR: Interquartile Range.

(b) Male and Household baseline characteristics

Characteristics	(%)
Mean age (years)	40.58 (SD: 13.21)
Age in years,
25	20 (5.8)
26–35	123 (35.8)
36–50	142 (41.3)
>50	59 (17.2)
Occupation,
Business	186 (53.8)
Manual labor	129 (37.3)
Professional	25 (7.2)
Peasant farmer	131 (37.9)
Level of education,
No formal education	37 (10.7)
Primary	226 (65.3)
Secondary	47 (13.6)
Tertiary	36 (10.4)
Marital status,
Single	7 (2.0)
Married	335 (96.8)
Widower	1 (0.3)
Separated	3 (0.9)
Household characteristics
Food security,
Food secure	46 (19.7)
Mildly food insecure	10 (4.3)
Moderately food insecure	74 (31.8)
Severely food insecure	103 (44.2)
Water source,
Piped water, dwelling	12 (3.5)
Piped water, communal tap	30 (8.7)
Borehole	60 (17.3)
Open well	204 (59)
Surface water, stream	11 (3.2)
Spring	50 (14.5)
Rain water	74 (21.4)
Hand washing facility,	273 (78.9)

child presented oedema, WHZ not included. male respondents did not know their age in years. respondent has more than one occupation. households had missing data on household food security.